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Encyclopedia > German federal election, 1990
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The 34th German federal election, 1990 was conducted on December 2, 1990, to elect members to the Bundestag (lower house) of Germany. December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Bundestag (Federal Diet) is the parliament of Germany. ...

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Issues and Campaign

This was the first election conducted after German Reunification, and a large number of seats were added to represent the Eastern states without reducing the number of Western members. The euphoria following the reunification gave the ruling coalition a dramatic advantage in both Western and Eastern Germany throughout the campaign. German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) took place on October 3, 1990, when the areas of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR - in English often called East Germany) were incorporated into The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) (FRG). ...


Results

All change figures are relative to the pre-existing West German Bundestag.

Party Party List votes Vote percentage (change) Total Seats (change) Seat percentage
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 17,055,116 36.7% +2.3% 268 +94 40.5%
Christian Social Union (CSU) 3,302,980 7.1% -2.7% 51 +2 7.7%
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 5,123,233 11.0% +1.9% 79 +33 11.9%
Social Democratic Party 15,545,366 33.5% -3.5% 239 +53 36.1%
Alliance '90/The Greens (East) 559,207 1.2% +1.2% 8 +8 1.2%
The Greens (West) 1,788,200 3.8% -4.5% 0 -42 0.0%
Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) 1,129,578 2.4% +2.4% 17 +17 2.6%
All Others 1,952,092 4.2%   0   0.0%
Totals 46,455,772 100.0%   662 +165 100.0%
Seat results -- SPD in red, combined Greens in green, PDS in purple, FDP in yellow, CDU/CSU in black
Seat results -- SPD in red, combined Greens in green, PDS in purple, FDP in yellow, CDU/CSU in black

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU - Christlich-Demokratische Union) is a political party in Germany. ... The Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU – ) is a conservative Germany. ... The Free Democratic Party (Freie Demokratische Partei - FDP) is a free-market liberal party in Germany. ... The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD – Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands) is one of the oldest political parties of Germany still in existence and also one of the oldest and largest in the world, celebrating its 140th anniversary in 2003. ... Party symbol of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (literally: Alliance 90/The Greens), the German Green Party, is a political party in Germany whose regional predecessors were founded in the late 1970s as part of the new social movements. ... Party symbol of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (literally: Alliance 90/The Greens), the German Green Party, is a political party in Germany whose regional predecessors were founded in the late 1970s as part of the new social movements. ... Party of Democratic Socialism is a political party in India; see Party of Democratic Socialism (India) the former name of a German political party; see Left Party (Germany). ... German election results seat chart SDP in red, Green in green, PDS in purple, FDP in yellow, CDU/CSU in black made by me This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... German election results seat chart SDP in red, Green in green, PDS in purple, FDP in yellow, CDU/CSU in black made by me This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ...

Post-election

The coalition between the CDU/CSU and the FDP was returned to office with an increased majority, and Helmut Kohl remained chancellor. Dr. Helmut Kohl (full name Helmut Josef Michael Kohl) (born April 3, 1930) is a German conservative politician and statesman. ... The German title Bundeskanzler is also the title of the Chancellor of Austria, and the title of a Swiss federal official (List of Federal Chancellors of Switzerland). ...



Preceded by:
1987
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1994


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  • The Federal Returning Officer
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